BLOWING ROCK — The nation is in its 11th year of economic expansion and there is "not a recession in sight," according to local economist Harry Davis.
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BOONE — Like many agencies in the state, Watauga County Schools had been waiting on the state to pass a budget before being able to make many financial decisions.
RALEIGH — The N.C. General Assemblyl briefly met on Jan. 14, with the N.C. Senate failing to take up a state budget veto override, then adjourning until late April.
BOONE — The Boone Town Council hopes to meet with the Watauga County Board of Commissioners to discuss ideas of how to address downtown parking needs while also saving a structure that is said to be historic.
FLEETWOOD — A standoff with law enforcement officers ended with a suspect’s fatality after eight hours Thursday, Jan. 16, near Fleetwood.
WEST JEFFERSON — This year’s North Carolina Downhill Race at Mount Jefferson State Natural Area will be an official World Cup Event, which will make the park one of only six venues in the world to host such an event.
Lloyd Leonidas Hoover, Jr., 90, of Matthews, N.C., was receive…
Jane Keplar Gaither, 85, of Burlington, passed away at Hospice…
Mabel Dishman Ward, of Boone, N.C., passed away January 11, 2020.
Burl Kinston Cody, husband to Dolphine Mooney and the World’s …
Dan Perry, 67, died Saturday, January 4, 2020. He is survived …
Colleges have been around for centuries. College students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today’s students have needs that were unknown to their predecessors. Those needs include diversity and equity personnel, with massive budgets to accommodate.
Since 1969, “Virginia Is for Lovers” has been the tourism and travel slogan of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Advertising Age called it “one of the most iconic ad campaigns in the past 50 years.”
“Clearly there is a breakdown of communication”: How many times have such words been uttered in public and private in connection with the town of Boone and Watauga County?
Garbage in, garbage out. This rule of thumb applies to every field of human behavior — very much including politics. For example, our political conversation about poverty is based on a fact that most political actors think is true but really isn’t: that a persistently high share of the popul…
There are 99 better, or at least less abject, senators. However, Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is inadvertently useful by incessantly demonstrating the depths to which senators sink when they jettison institutional responsibilities to facilitate subservience to presidents of their party. Consider …
At the rooftop lounge of the Horton Hotel, New Years' revelers gathered despite gale-force winds to watch the inaugural dropping of the Boone ball as Dec 31, 2019, became Jan. 1, 2020.
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